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In preparation for the 15.0 release, FreeBSD has now created their stable/15 branch and bumped the version number in the main branch to 16.
Our next quarterly build starts on 01 Oct 2025. I'm hoping to create the hardened/15-stable/main branch prior to that. It's possible we may have the build infrastructure ready in time for our first 15-STABLE build, but I cannot guarantee that. If I'm unable to deploy a new build server in time for the quarterly builds, I will perform a one-off build when the infrastructure is ready.
I have yet to decide on a support timeline for our hardened/14-stable/master branch. I suspect we will delegate support for 14-STABLE to the wider community in the first quarter of 2026. We don't really see many patches from the community, especially for community-supported branches (like hardened/13-stable/master), so when "community support" is mentioned, that usually means no support.
Once we produce our first 15-STABLE builds, I would highly encourage users to start testing that out in their environments. There's a lot of changes between 14-STABLE and 15-STABLE, especially with regards to performance improvements.
I will keep everyone updated as to the creation of the hardened/15-stable/main branch. Creating new stable branches is far less time consuming than getting the infrastructure ready, so I should have that done relatively soon.
Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
Our next quarterly build starts on 01 Oct 2025. I'm hoping to create the hardened/15-stable/main branch prior to that. It's possible we may have the build infrastructure ready in time for our first 15-STABLE build, but I cannot guarantee that. If I'm unable to deploy a new build server in time for the quarterly builds, I will perform a one-off build when the infrastructure is ready.
I have yet to decide on a support timeline for our hardened/14-stable/master branch. I suspect we will delegate support for 14-STABLE to the wider community in the first quarter of 2026. We don't really see many patches from the community, especially for community-supported branches (like hardened/13-stable/master), so when "community support" is mentioned, that usually means no support.
Once we produce our first 15-STABLE builds, I would highly encourage users to start testing that out in their environments. There's a lot of changes between 14-STABLE and 15-STABLE, especially with regards to performance improvements.
I will keep everyone updated as to the creation of the hardened/15-stable/main branch. Creating new stable branches is far less time consuming than getting the infrastructure ready, so I should have that done relatively soon.
Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.